Essex International College UNIT 45: BUSINESS ETHICS (M/601/07961024) A REPORT ON BUSINESS ETHICS OF ANGLO AMERICAN Submitted by: PURNA BARNI THAPA ID: W0105570912 Submitted to: RAMJI POUDEL APRIL 2014 Table of Contents TASK 1 3 UNDERSTANDING DIFFERENT ETHICAL PERSPECTIVES IN BUSINESS 3 A. Explain the background and development of theoretical ethical approaches in Business 3 B. compare and contrast absolute and relative ethics in relation to Anglo American 5 C. Explain the ethical
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Ethics and International Business: Finding the Lesser Evil At the beginning of this course it was made apparent that the class was not meant to be a monologue by the instructor but a discussion. From the numerous discussions held in class‚ I have come to the belief that ethics in international business was the most significant topic discussed in this course. Ethics in international business and the outsourcing of labor is a prevalent issue that affects not only the United States and our nation’s
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Ethics in International Business The recent international events‚ with a major financial crisis all over the world‚ involve important questions about the relation between ethics and economics and the responsibilities of the economic market in relation to broader social and political concerns. The recent global financial crisis has recently existed with a lack of awareness on business ethics policies where unprofessional practices are performed on dangerous mortgage borrowers have occurred without
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and 10 1. When operating a business in the current environment‚ holding on to a promise to run an ethical business can be very challenging. 2. Globalization can be seen to have an upside and a downside. 3. All of the following are arguments advocates use to promote the downside of globalization‚ except: globalization brings unprecedented improvements in wealth and standards of living. 4. Which of the following is NOT an objective of departmental ethics training? Comparing the ethical
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What is business ethics? Would you agree that ultimately business ethics is a complete paradox‚ an absurd contradiction‚ and therefore largely a pointless exercise? Introduction In different periods of time‚ scholars provide different focuses for business ethics: systematic focus at the beginning‚ while organisational focus followed and individual focus at present (Fisher and Lovell‚ 2006). Although focuses of business ethics at different period of time are different‚ the basic principle and
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Describe the social implications of business ethics facing a selected business in its different areas of activity. The organisation BP BP is a British public limited company which provides gas and oil. It is stated that it is the third largest energy company and the fourth largest company in the world itself. The business provides oil‚ gas and renewable energy resources to business such as petrol stations like SHELL. The company states that their main activities are the exploration and production
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The Importance of Business Ethics Business ethics is defined as the principles‚ values‚ and standards that guides behavior in the world of business. When a business is known for being honest it is more likely to become successful. Today‚ more and more companies are realizing the direct impact that good ethical behavior has on financial performance. A positive ethical culture within a business promotes employee commitment and trust‚ investor loyalty and trust‚ and customer satisfaction and
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Business ethics is not just a set of rules that dictate how to behave on business meetings. In extreme situations‚ it is the key to the success in negotiations‚ but its ignorance can cause failure of the entire undertaking. Especially when parties that attempt to cooperate are different culturally and mentally‚ as in the case of ’western countries’ and the Middle Kingdom. Social bond as a base for successful business Chinese entrepreneurs are characterized by pro-social approach. This means that
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of corporations - Business Ethics Articles - impact of corporate governance scandals on business ethics debate Failure in business ethics is a real threat to the future of every corporation. business ethics as an issue is a hundred times more powerful than the internet or globalisation and can destroy your business in a week. To make matters worse‚ standards of business ethics are changing rapidly in response to random events which capture public imagination. In business ethics‚ what was good is
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Pollution is the act or process of polluting or the state of being polluted‚ especially the contamination of soil‚ water‚ or the atmosphere by the discharge of harmful substances (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=pollution). Pollution is a universal problem. It seems that many businesses and people are unaware of the effect that pollutants have on people. Car exhaustion‚ tobacco smoking‚ dumping waste‚ and emission from factories and plants are just a few ways to pollute our ozone. I
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